Tray for finger-rings.



Patented Apr. 23, |90l.

(Nu Modem `with rings in position.

i UNITED STATES PATENT FEICE.

WILLIAM LOEB, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

TRAY FOR FINGER-RINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent N o. 672,561, dated April23, 1901.

Application led December 24,1900. Serial No. 40,848. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may oon/cern: p

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LoEB, a resident of the city of Providence,in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Trays for Finger-Rings; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to trays for exhibiting inger-rings'and articlesof like construction.

The object of the invention is to construct a tray that will permit theexhibition of the articles and partial inspection of them in largenumbers without the liability of any of them being surreptitiously takenfrom the tray or exchanged for inferior goods and at the same time havethem easy of removal by the attendant when desired.

It consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofthe parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a top view of the tray with a portion of the underworks shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 shows a vertical crosssection takenon line 2 2in Figs. l and 3 Fig. 3 represents the under side of thetraywith the tongues of the sliding locking-plates withdrawn from therings. Fig. 4 shows a vertical cross-section taken on line 4 4 in Fig. 3with rings in position locked. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of thelocking slide-bar.

A A represent the frame or sides of the tray,

f in which a horizontal division B :is held at about half-way betweenthe upper and lower edges of the frame. This division B has a series ofopenings O O made through it of a size suitable to hold a finger-ring,as shown. It is preferably made up of strips a ct, (see Fig 1,) withnotches in their sides, so that when the strips are put side by side thenotches will come opposite to each in two adjacent strips,

at their ends r 4r at right angles to the arms to act as hooks and enterthe rings when the slides D are moved in their direction.

The slides D are attached to the under side of the division B by meansof pins passing through slots u t in the slides and entering into thestrips. The length of the slots@ limits the extent of motion of theslide and prevents the arms c from being crowded against the rings bythe slides being moved too far. The slides are extended out through oneside of the frarne and the ends n turned up to operate them by.

-By means of this construction and arrangement the making of the tray ismuch simplified and reduced in cost and the liability of its getting outof order almost entirely removed.

In operation if the person who is showing the rings wishes to take oneout, by simply moving the proper slide a little more than the width ofone of the openings C the ring can be removed and the slide immediatelypushed in again, making everything perfectly secure.

Having thus described my improvements, I claim as my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a tray for holding nger-ringsthe combination with the tray, of slides made of sheet metal cut outto'form side arms having tongues on their ends set at right angles tothe arms to form hooks to enter the rings, said slides being attached tothe under side of the middle division of the tray between the rows ofring-receptacles, substantially as described.

2. In a safety ring-tray the combination of a frame divided horizontallyinto an upper and lower chamber by strips of wood, said strips having aplurality of notches made at intervals on their sides, forming openingsto receive the rings when the strips are placed side by side, incombination with a locking slide-bar consisting of a fiat strip of metalwith a plurality of hooked side arms extending out laterally from it,under the ring-openings, for the purpose of hooking into and locking therings in the tray, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day ofDecember, A. D.

WILLIAM LOEB. In presence of- BENJ. ARNOLD, LOUIS LYoNs.

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